Bluff Dale couple killed Wednesday in Comanche County wreck

A couple from Bluff Dale were killed Wednesday night in a single-vehicle wreck in Comanche County, said Sparky Dean, spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Chris Lee Christensen and Linda Eileen Christensen, both 67, were driving east in a 2009 Chevrolet pickup on Farm Road 587 shortly after 9 p.m. when the pickup left the roadway to the right. Dean said the vehicle re-entered the roadway and struck a concrete culvert, causing it to overturn.

Chris Christensen, who was not wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead by a justice of the peace at the scene at 10 p.m. Linda Christensen, who was wearing a seat belt, was also pronounced dead.

The bodies were taken to Nowlin Funeral Home in De Leon.

The roadway was dry and the weather was clear at the time of the crash, Dean said. Trooper Troy Erichsen is investigating.